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SOUTHWESTFEST 2019 THE SPACE STATION

is taking place between the 28th of June and the 21st of July Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landing with Shambush!

2019. There are lots of local organisations offering loads of free and their Space Station. An accumulative artwork, fun for young

or low-cost events in local venues in across South Westminster. children and families.

PIMLICO PROMS Shambush! will lead our intrepid explorers in building a giant space

launchs SouthWestFest 2019, with a very special open-air concert station with crafty materials made over the 4 weekends of

of classical music and entertainment amidst the twilight splendour SouthWestFest. Collect stickers from each training camp to become

of St George’s Square. Bring your picnics and break out the bubbly a fully qualified Sham-Astonaut and discover the secrets inside the

for a dazzling line-up! The headlining act is the multi award-winning Shambush! Space Station.

Kew Wind Orchestra, renowned for its popular symphonic, classical 6th July 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Tachbrook Estate Community Hall

and jazz music. Also featuring the critically acclaimed London Free www.shambush.co.uk | www.southwestfest.org.uk

chamber choir Colla Voce Singers plus special guest Hannah

Crerar – Mezzo Soprano. GALACTIC GATHERING FAMILY PICNIC

FREE tickets for the Pimlico Proms are available online at Families are invited to a Family Picnic taking place in Millbank

www.southwestfest.org.uk/tickets or in person at Cave or Gardens, which overlooks Tate Britain. The gardens will be

Occasions Party Shop in Pimlico transformed into a galaxy not so far from home, where little kids,

28th June 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. St.Georges Square, SW1V 3QU aliens and astronauts, families and friends can set up their picnics

and then get involved with the craft workshops, storytelling and

FESTIVAL DAY parachute games. Dressing up in your favourite space suit is

is on 29th June at St. George’s Square in Pimlico. Meet the encouraged. This event promises to be a fantastic day out.

animal stars of Vauxhall City Farm at a free petting zoo, entertain 7th July 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm Millbank Gdns, 49 Erasmus St, SW1

your children with free crafts and activities or visit the funfair rides

for a special treat. There will be workshops with WAES and art EMBRACE OUR SPACE EXHIBITION

project fun with Playing Up from the Tate Britain team and the is a four day Festival celebrating Body Positivity with art, workshops,

launch of Space Camp from Shambush! Arts and Performance talks, performances and other spontaneous stuff to make us feel

Collective. good about ourselves. Come occupy some Space at Cave during

this year’s SouthWestFest.

Fit-Up Circus willl be performing throughout the day, as well as For more details and whats on daily visit our website:

their Circus School area, and the wonderful Healthzone brought www.cavepimlico.co.uk

to you in collaboration with The Abbey Centre Community Health 11th July | Drop In Cave

Champions featuring a free rock climbing wall and sports activities

from London Sport Trust and Chelsea FC. There’s a host of stalls COMMUNITY & FAMILY BIKE RIDE

including clothes, jewellery, crafts, cakes and games as well as Easy cycle ride for all ages, including children and new cyclists.

lots of information on services in SW1 from community Explore Pimlico and neighbouring areas, mostly on quietways, cycle

paths and back streets. Let an experienced ride leader help you organisations and groups. gain confidence to cycle in London. Free! Families and all ages PLUS a whole day of live music, dance and performance on the welcome. 14th July 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Meet at Pimlico Library Shooting Stars Stage! * South Westminster Community Choir www.westminstercyclists.org.uk * K2K Stars * Starling Arts * Unique Dynamites * Westminster Community Gospel Choir * Flamenco Con Gusto * Doc bowling KNITTING, SEWING & CRAFT and his Blues Professors and more! Join this fun & friendly class and learn how to sew, knit or make 29th June 12.00 pm – 6.00 pm St.Georges Square, SW1V 3QU other crafts such as jewellery or card making. All welcome! Free! 50+

PIMLICO PANTRY TASTER 2nd, 9th and 16th July 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

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enjoy a complimentary artisan cake with any tea, coffee or hot

drink ordered. Children 12 and under can eat and drink for free

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NIGEL SLATER’S TOAST AT THE OTHER PALACE THIRTY YEARS ON! Cookery writer Nigel Slater has penned cookery books and Observer With July almost upon us, we at Eye Publications are also in a column for over 20 years and has presented several television series, reflective mood, for it was thirty short years ago that we decided to endearing himself to his legion of fans. start publishing this local magazine. Originally just an A4 sheet utilising old and tried methods of type setting, we soon were to But now his autobiography, Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger, has embrace the new technology of desk top printing. been stage adapted by writer Henry Filloux-Bennett. A telling story of how food provided comfort in escaping the misery of his childhood In 1989 the Pimlico Eye had its target readership confined to just after his mother’s death at the age of nine. Young Nigel, a keen cook, Pimlico. A year later the title was changed to its present name - had to contend with a lack of love from his father and a war of attrition Pimlico & Belgravia Eye which now covers Belgravia, Victoria, with his new stepmother – the family’s former cleaner and and cook. Petty France & Millbank. The print run was and still is 10,000 July 1989 copies. Initially made into a BBC film, and following its world premiere at The With 30 years of local experience, we can advise potential clients on the best way to promote their hair salon, restaurant or health club. We also can deliver leaflets or menus as an insert.

Throughout the years we have Marie Lawrence as Joan, Jake Ferretti as Josh, Giles Cooper as Nigel promoted 100’s of Slater, Lizzy Muncey as Mum copyright Simon Annand. local businesses, and have brought Lowry, Salford, in May and a sold-out run at as part of Traverse to the attention of Festival 2018 at the Edinburgh Festival, Toast is currently wowing readers several interesting facts about their surrounding area. audiences at Victoria’s The Other Palace until 3rd August. From the numerous blue plaques to many of the local charities, churches and the world’s oldest youth club who carry out Nigel’s childhood is told through the tastes and smells he grew up important work in the community they service. We have also with, and audiences are offered samples of the dishes and tastes reviewed several local restaurants. central to his story during the show. In December 2006 we switched to full colour printing with more Nigel Slater said: “With casting now complete it’s an extremely exciting pages. Unlike several local newspapers, we still provide a full hand time as the words on the page start to come to life. To have your life delivery service covering 90% of the area. The publication is also story portrayed through film was incredible but there was always that available on-line and at local libraries. To date we have printed thing with film that no matter how beautifully something’s shot, it isn’t and delivered almost 4 million copies. quite real. And this production will be. That, for me, is very, very exciting.” We would like to thanks all our clients, readers, printers and hand delivery persons who have worked so hard over the past 30 years, Cast members are: Giles Cooper’s as Nigel: Lizzie Muncey as Mum and hope to be with you for the next years. and Stephen Ventura playing Dad. Marie Lawrence plays Joan and Jake Ferretti as Josh. If you would like to comment on any of the items in the magazine, brickbats, etc please write for the attention of the editor at Tickets can also be purchased in person from The Other Palace. [email protected]. Prices from £15.00 - £65.00 The Other Palace - Theatre The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JA Patrick Tunstall Editor

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the regimental headquarters. There were some 180 objectors to the scheme that would have

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The Barracks were designed by Sir Francis Smith and Philip 57 flats or just 24.5% of the proposed new homes would be affordable.

Westmister City Council policy is that a third of new homes in major developm ents should be affo rdable. C ouncillor s h ave rej ected Eric Par ry Arc hitects’ £ 400 million plan s to in crease the size of the U K’s largest sing le p riv ate res identia l de ve lopment. The Pl anning Applic a tions Su b Committ ee went a gainst its o wn of fice rs’ rec om mend ation s vo ting una nim ously t o refus e consent for the practice ’s ov erha u l of Stan ley G ord on Jee v es ’s 1938 D olphin S qu are.

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Wellington Barracks has many amenities open to those working and living within the barracks. There is a Bar for the junior ranks, which has many games available including horse racing and snooker tables. The cost cutter shop with a self-serve restaurant, a masseur and mess are located here. There is a single serving personnel room with Internet access available, as well as an A consulta tion on the sch eme eli cited 98 respons es, most of which were negative. The Twentieth Century Society warned the scheme interactive learning facility open to all serving soldiers and their would harm the significance of the Dolphin Square Conservation Area. dependants. Elsewhere there is an officers' mess, sergeants' mess, and a gymnasium with squash courts. The Guards Museum ‘It is a testament to Dolphin Square’s design quality that despite its houses a collection of uniforms, colours and artefacts spanning massive size it sits well with both the adjoining estates and the stuc- over three hundred years of history of the Foot Guards. The co terraces, and its gardens and interior, especially the shop arcade, Flanders Fields Memorial Garden is situated in the barracks, create an absolutely beautiful haven of 1930s character,’ said the adjacent to the Guard's chapel. heritage body.

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COMMUTE TO WORK? CULT OF THE STRONGMAN Probably. Love the daily slog of train delays, overcrowding and In times of crisis western liberal democracies cast around in sweaty armpits? Unlikely. search of a leader who can guide them through the storm clouds and up to the sunlit uplands. Quite frequently those leaders – Jump onboard, find that inch of personal space and dig into a Churchill, Lloyd George, de Gaulle – are wildly unsuited to the wholeheartedly honest account of funny, bizarre and captivating comparative tedium of peace-time government. occurrences on the London Underground. You’ll come to realise that, if you look hard enough, even your daily commute can be In the developing world, highly entertaining. there has evolved over history the cult of the strongman. Say what? The theory runs that a nation ‘Commuting: An Underground World ’ is an amusing account of state can be so large, or so commuting on the London Underground, covering everything from dysfunctional, or faced with awkward situations (the pregnant guessing game) and unbelievable such enormous challenges, altercations (violence and racism), to downright comedic events that only a form of (Number Two on the tube? Yes. Really.). dictatorship can maintain a In a raw, brutally honest and laugh out loud funny depiction, step semblance of order. inside the underground world – as seen from the ‘average’ London Populations that have commuter. Delving deep into “tube etiquette” (the unspoken rules, suffered war, civil war or or lack thereof), you can now learn how to manage the silence, the starvation have sometimes, averted eyes, the blank stares, and the ever-important A to B mentality. perhaps reluctantly, A little taster… acquiesced to the rule of one “Have you ever thought that when a train empties, it’s a bit like a individual or one political party. stampede, you know, like that one in the Lion King? You remember In today’s world the cult of the strongman is, if anything, on the when Mufasa gets killed? How can we forget that? I’m getting ascendant. In China President Xi Jinping has torn up the rule emotional just thinking about it… book and declared himself to be free of previously mandatory term limits. In Turkey President Erdogan appears to be unwilling Today really reminded me of that scene. I was trying to walk against a to accept any electoral setbacks, or any real constraints on his sudden influx of London commuters, all moving very quickly as one powers. And, of course, President Putin now utterly dominates unit. It looked impressive and intimidating at the same time. Russia, and also seems intent on re-imposing that country’s sway over the neighbouring nations that were previously part of the A little advice: always keep a tight hold of your bag, as it could at sprawling Soviet Union. any minute - like Mufasa (weep) - be swept away by the stampede & you will never see it again (apart from maybe on a lovely starry night). Even in America the cult of the strongman seems to have taken root, and President Trump seems destined to win a second term. Also, never forget that in London you unfortunately won’t have the Of course, unlike the countries discussed above, Mr Trump is comforting accompaniment of Timon and Pumba singing “Hakuna constrained by Congress and the Supreme Court. But he exhibits Matata ” to cheer you up when you’ve lost your bag (unless, that is, many of the characteristics of the unchallenged rulers in the you have the soundtrack close to hand).” developing world. In theory increasing prosperity should act as a spur to democracy, Why on earth? and the world is undoubtedly becoming more prosperous. As a commuting veteran, I want to share a frank account of what Frequently, however, this increasing prosperity is credited to the happens on one of the largest and most complex tube networks in wisdom of the strongman leader, as opposed to the efforts of the world, and put into words something which both seasoned populations permitted to exercise their natural entrepreneurial commuters and London newbies alike can relate to. instincts. The danger comes when the prosperity falters, and the If I manage to lighten up just one commuter’s journey, and perhaps strongman leaders start to look around for others to blame. even make them smile (gasp!), then my work here is done. The job of the West is not to try to impose democracy on the For further information, images from the book or quotes from the developing world. It is instead to remonstrate, and to demon- author, please contact: Stephen Down [email protected] strate beyond reasonable doubt that it is, to paraphrase Churchill, Mob: 07539 712611 the worst form of government – apart from all the rest. Instagram: Downontheunderground Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07R7F95VJ Lionel Zetter is an author and political consultant and proprietor of Shepherd’s restaurant. [email protected]

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THE GUARDS' CHAPEL western end and exploded, killing 121 soldiers and civilians, and Guards' Chapel or Royal Military Chapel stands in Birdcage five musicians from the Band of the Coldstream Guards. The Walk on the south side of St. James's Park and is the spiritual chapel was completely destroyed with the exception of the apse. home of the Household Division. The present chapel was built in A temporary chapel was erected in a Romney Hut attached to the 1963 but rose from the ashes of the original chapel, destroyed by undamaged apse and this was used from Christmas Day 1945 a flying bomb on 18th June 1944. until 1962 when the rebuilding began.

The chapel's origins go back to the construction of Wellington The War Memorial Cloister Barracks in 1834 when a site was allocated at its east end for a The entrance to the chapel from Birdcage Walk is via the cloister place of worship, thanks to the persistence of Dr. William Dakins, built as a memorial to those members of the Household Brigade Precenter at Westminster Abbey and Chaplain to the Brigade of who died in the Second World War. It was the work of a former Guards, who managed to convince the authorities of the need. Grenadier Guards officer, H.S. Goodhart-Rendel, a one-time The first service took place on 6th May 1838 but the interior was president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and was very plain and it was to be some years before improvements opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 1956. began in a rather interesting manner.

In 1850 a small committee of officers and their friends put up a block of tenements in the nearby Francis Street and made them available at very cheap rents to married soldiers with families, who would otherwise be living in squalid conditions in the barracks. It was a success until someone pointed out that it was illegal for officers to rent accommodation to soldiers. The War Office, however, recognised the value of this project and bought out the committee and took over what then became the army’s first married quarters outside barracks.

The Cenotaph containing Standards and Colours of the seven regiments, originally stood on a wall at the end of the cloister but was later moved to its present position on the south wall so as still to be seen from the cloister.

The cloister contains the Rolls of Honour with the names of all those who died while serving in the Household Brigade between 1939 and 1945. There is also a book showing those who were killed in the destruction of the chapel in 1944.

The Memorial Garden The War Memorial Cloister ‘Flanders Fields 1914-2014’ was a gift to the British people from the Belgians and was an initiative of the Guards Museum. The The committee decided to use the money received from this sale garden is sited directly in front of the Memorial Cloister which to restore the interior of the chapel and the distinguished commemorates Guardsmen who lost their lives in the Second architect, George Edmund Street, was commissioned to prepare World War. The raised circular bed stands for eternal life and also plans for the construction of an apse to form a chancel and reflects the circular openings in the roof of the Menin Gate in re-design the chapel in the Lombardo Byzantine style. The chapel Ypres, through which thousands of poppy petals are scattered on re-opened on 25th May 1879 and as more money was subscribed, Remembrance Day. further embellishments were added as memorials. Alabaster, marble, mosaics, terra cotta, stained glass and metal work were Around the outside edge of the circular wall, the poem In used to continue the improvements following the pattern set by Flanders Fields written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae is the original architect and committee. The roof was badly burnt by engraved. This embraces the soil brought over from the 70 incendiary bombs in 1940 and other damage was sustained cemeteries in Flanders where so many Guardsmen found their during enemy raids from time to time, but it was Sunday 18th last resting place, symbolising the return of fallen heroes. June 1944 when disaster struck. At 11.10 am during morning service, the chapel was hit by a flying bomb which entered at the

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